It so happens that a further judicial allusion, as to the wrongful assumption of great names, has been made, and duly reported in the press. “As usual on Saturday,” says the report, “a number of short cause actions, generally of a money-lending character, came on for hearing, in Mr. Justice Darling’s Court in the King’s Bench Division yesterday. One of them involved considerable argument upon a point of law with reference to the passing, by a bank, of a cheque, which, it was alleged, had been altered by the addition of the word, ‘Limited,’ to the plaintiff company. “Counsel: ‘But at the time the cheque was drawn the plaintiffs were not a limited company, and the title therefore was not their real title.’ “‘Oh,’ commented Mr. Justice Darling, ‘such a thing does not surprise me. I sit here on Saturday and hear all sorts of persons called Fortescue, Plantagenet, Egerton, and so on, but those are never their real names. You must not think that on Saturdays I expect people to give their real names here, because I don’t!’ “His lordship was obviously referring to certain money-lenders whose registered trade name, as distinct from the name of their parents, has already given rise to judicial comment. “The decision eventually went in favour of the defendants, who had paid the cheque to one of the plaintiffs. “There was considerable disturbance in the passage of the court when another case was called, some litigants leaving the court, and others hastening to the vacant seats. “A witness named Fitz-Clarence was called in another case. “‘Quite a Saturday name,’ observed counsel. “‘All the Burkes and Debretts come here on Saturday,’ replied his lordship, amid laughter.”[26] Casual mention has been made of actors. Of those well-known, Henry Irving was born Brodribb; Herbert Tree, Beerbohm; while George Alexander’s surname was Samson. In no one of these instances was a great family name improperly assumed, and it stands to the credit of these theatrical leaders that such is in fact the case. There are several persons on the English stage who are perfectly entitled to describe themselves by well-known names. Lord Rosslyn, Lord Yarmouth, Lord Dangan, Lady Constance Richardson, and the Hon. Helen Douglas-Scott-Montagu, are among the number. Mr. Adolphus Yane-Tempest, also distinguished in the theatrical world, is a Londonderry, while Mr. Cosmo Gordon-Lennox, one of the Richmonds, is another actor entitled to a distinguished name.